Asthma

Noora Ebrahim
Maryaim Mahmood
Fatma Mohammed Rashed

Outline:

What is asthma?
History of asthma
Asthma symptoms
Asthma triggers
Asthma medicine
Policy of integration
IEP
Asthma in school
Asthma emergency
Advised for asthmatics

What is asthma ?
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What is asthma ?
Feeling hard to breath. The chest may
feel tight and the person may feel short
.of breath. (Powell, 2007. P6)
Asthma is a disease that effects
your airway and make it difficult to
breath . (sarah lennard brown , 2002)

What is wrong?

Type of asthma:
Child-Onset Asthma:
Asthma that begins during childhood is called child-onset asthma. This
type of asthma happens because a child becomes sensitized to
common allergens in the environment - most likely due to genetic
reasons. The child is atopic - a genetically determined state of
hypersensitivity to environmental allergens.

Adult-Onset Asthma:
This term is used when a person develops asthma after reaching 20
years of age. Adult-onset asthma affects women more than men, and it
is also much less common than child-onset asthma.
Exposure to a particle or chemical in certain plastics, metals,
medications, or wood dust can also be a cause of adult-onset asthma.

History of
asthma:
Asthma is an ancient disease.
Comes from Greek language (panos).
Van Helmont, the famous physician.
Jean Baptiste Van Helmont (1579-1644
AD), a physician, chemist and
physiologist from Belgium, said that
asthma originates in the pipes of the
lungs.

How common is asthma?

About 20 million Americans currently
have asthma
About 8% of Utah adults have asthma

Up to 20% of all adult asthma cases

maybe work-related asthma
Of those diagnosed with work-related
asthma:
20-27% are individuals with pre-existing asthma who
react to substances in the workplace
Up to 80% develop asthma due to work-place
exposures

Asthma
symptoms:
Coughing
Wheezing
Chest tightness
Shortness of breath
Sneezing & runny nose
Itchy and inflamed eyes

What substances trigger asthma?

Type of Substance

Examples

Air pollutants, including

dusts,
smoke, mists & fumes

Diesel exhaust; tobacco smoke;

mineral, rock, coal, & wood
dusts; gases; fumes & vapors
from aerosol agents, chemicals,
cleaning materials, solvents,
paints, welding & from heating
& cooling metals quickly

Pollens, mites & molds

Trees, flowers, weeds, hay,

plants

Animal dander

Birds, cats, dogs

Medications

Aspirin, anti-inflammatory
drugs

Foods

Egg, wheat, nuts

Can asthma be cured?

Asthma can be controlled (but not cured) by:
Avoiding triggers or reducing exposure to triggers
Using medication to control symptoms

Medications - generally two types are used

Controller or long-term drugs
Taken to prevent excess production of mucus & to reduce
the inflammation and constriction of airway muscles

Rescue or quick-relief drugs

Taken to relax muscles around the airways to improve
breathing

Asthma
medicine:
.Preventer inhaler.Reliever inhaler.SpacerPills & medicines. (Powell, 2007)-

Terminology:
Trigger :

anything that irritates the airways

and leads to asthma.(Orfei, 2002)

House dust mites:

very small germs (0.3

mm), you can not see them without a

microscope (Bee,2000).

Preventer inhaler:

(brown, white, orange,

or red) a device that contains medicine that

calms down the airways so, that an asthma
.attack is less likely to happen (Bee,2000)

Reliever inhaler(blue):

a device that

Policy of
integration/inclusion relating
to SEN:
.Policy to indentify asthma-

Procedures to provide a safety.environment

.How to act in emergency- Physical education class.
- How to teach the students about
asthma.

Asthma in
school:
Effective asthma management plan:
Establish management and support systems for asthmafriendly schools.
Provide appropriate school health and mental health
services for students with asthma.
Provide asthma education and awareness programs for
students and school staff.

Effective asthma management plan:

Provide a safe and healthy school environment to reduce
asthma triggers.
Provide safe, enjoyable physical education and activity
opportunities for students with asthma.
Coordinate school, family and community efforts to better
manage asthma symptoms and reduce school absences
among students with asthma.

Iep individual
education program:
IEP is provided for children who need
special education.
It gives an opportunity for parents and
school members to work with each other
to improve students progress.

Iep individual
education
program:
Student Asthma Action Plan:
Schools should ask for a written asthma
action plan from the students parents
that includes the Students daily
management strategies:

Health situation
Triggers
Medicine
Emergency procedures
Parents phone numbers
(National Asthma

Asthma
emergency:
What to do with
person who has
asthma attack?

sit the

person and
make him
breath slowly.
Do not leave
him alone.

help him

to use reliever
inhaler 4
times with
breathing.
1buff then 4
breaths

wait few

minutes, if
there is no
improvement
on the
persons
condition, call
an ambulance
immediately.

repeat step 2 and three if you found it

necessary. And wait for the ambulance.

Bee, P. (2000). Living with asthma. Italy: Hodder Wayland

Advices for
asthmatics:
know your triggers and avoid-

.them
Live in clean environment. (Bee,2000).Eat lot of fresh vegetables and fruits.Use a peak flow meter everyday.Have a regular check-up.wrap a scarf over your nose and mouth- Do a "regular" exercise. (Powell,2007)

Information to share with doctor

Discuss your symptoms.
When do they occur?
How often do they occur?
Time of day or week that symptoms
are worse
Times you feel better
Identify
Substances in the work-place to
which you are exposed
Current and previous jobs, hobbies,
and smoking habits that may affect
your lungs

What YOU can do if you have

asthma?
Identify and minimize contact with your asthma
trigger(s)
Understand and take asthma medications as
prescribed
Recognize early signs that your asthma is getting
worse
Know what to do when your asthma is getting worse

Review Questions (Developed by

the Supercourse team)
What are some of the common asthma triggers?
Which age, sex, and/or racial groups see
disparities in asthma prevalence rates, as well as
hospitalizations and deaths?
Describe the process of asthma diagnosis.

references:

Bee, P. (2000). Living with asthma. Britain: Hodder Wayland

Brown, S. (2002). Asthma. Britain: Hodder Wayland

National Asthma Education. (2003). Managing asthma (aguid for schools).

Retrieved Dec 21, 2009, from:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf

Orfei,M.(2002). What is an IEP. Retrieved Dec 21, 2009, from:

http://www.concordspedpac.org/whatIEP.htm

Powell, J. (2007). Feeling ill (Asthma). London: Evans bro

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